Martin bernheimer rheingold review

  • Das Rheingold used to be a mythological music-drama about love and greed, power and weakness, idealism and treachery.
  • Lepage deserves credit for coaxing vivid portrayals from his cast.” Dazzlingly special effects punctuate this near three-hour “Rheingold.” Trouble is, when the.
  • Review 1: Review of Martin Bernheimer in the New York Herald Tribune.

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    Das Rheingold
    Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, January 15,









    Review 1:

    Review of Martin Bernheimer in the New York Herald Tribune

    Final 'Rheingold" of Met Season; Hines Is Wotan

    There was a new chief of the gods in the final "Rheingold" of the season last night at the Metropolitan. However, Jerome Hines, who undertook the assignment for the first time here, is no stranger to it. He sang the same role at Bayreuth last summer, and had done the "Walküre" Wotan at the Met in the previous seasons.

    Ideally, the part calls for a Heldenbariton, that is, a gigantic baritone voice with a ringing top and a sturdy bass-like bottom. In other words, something close to a vocal freak. Mr. Hines does not exactly fill that bill; his sonorous bass is a bit strained in the upper reaches, and the Wagnerian orchestra swamps him on occasion. But, all things considered, he turned in an impressive performance - one that has matured considerably since its Bayreuth try-out.

    Mr. Hines' physical height, vocal know-how and intelligence are natural assets as Wotan. There are still moments, to be sure, when he suggests a wholesome college athlete rather than the majestic ruler of a deity, and he has yet to give the text a maxiumum of nuance. But there was grandeur in the

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    Music Appreciation

    Martin Bernheimer ’58 was fourteen when he first tried to break into journalism. During a trip with his parents to his native Germany, he submitted an article to Opera News in the United States about the opera scene in Munich. He remembers little about what he wrote, but he says the publication accepted the piece only to scrap it at the last minute. But a career had begun. “I was just a smart-ass kid,” he says, “but I started writing these fluke things.”

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    Nearly sixty years later, Bernheimer still writes about opera, his “first love,” he says. He also writes about classical music and dance as the New York City–based performing arts critic for England’s Financial Times. Even after attending many performances a week since his early twenties he is still enthusiastic in his reviews, though he’s more subdued in the concert hall, where, he insists, he never applauds.

    “Music is just black dots on a page,” Bernheimer says, “but it’s open to interpretation. I look for acting of the body and the voice . . . and, above all, fidelity to the composer’s creation. What I don’t look for is the very old-fashioned idea of a concert in a costume.”

    After moving to Massachusetts in , the elder Bernheimers took Martin to Bos

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    Going for depiction Gold

    Das Rheingold: Metropolitan Opus. Robert Lepage & Apostle Levine

    Eric Athlete as Alberich. Photo: Have room for Howard/Metropolitan Opera

    By Jerry Floyd

    Review homemade on interpretation Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold High Acutance (HD) air on Oct 9,

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